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The Supreme Court ruled that Texas can redraw its electoral map to benefit Republicans. Last month a lower court struck down ...

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The firm began borrowing to buy bitcoin in 2020, and ramped up purchases last year. Now it does little else and owns 650,000 ...

O N DECEMBER 4th, as The Economist went to press, Vladimir Putin was due to touch down in Delhi for the 23rd instalment of ...

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On December 3rd The Economist interviewed Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister. This transcript has been lightly edited for ...

I n march 2018 a Democrat won a stunning victory in a special election for Pennsylvania’s 18th district in the House of ...